Tammy Baldwin campaign raised $2.5 million in July. Campaign has raised a total of $28 million.

MADISON — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin raised $2.5 million for her reelection bid between July 1 and July 24, her campaign told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Baldwin has raised $28 million since launching her campaign for a third term in the Senate, the campaign said.

“I’m amazed by the outpouring of support for our campaign in recent weeks," Baldwin said in a statement. "With so much on the line, I’m determined to defend our fundamental freedoms and find solutions to the kitchen table issues that matter most to our families.”

During the July pre-primary period, according to the campaign, Baldwin received contributions from more than 9,000 Wisconsinites, with an average online donation of $34.67. Contributions throughout the campaign cycle have come from every county in the state, with teachers and health care workers being the most prominently represented professions.

Baldwin faces a challenge from Republican businessman Eric Hovde.

With less than 100 days until the Nov. 5 election, Wisconsin remains a key state for both parties — especially following a shakeup on the Democratic ticket that has effectively elevated Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee.

Baldwin, who had declined to say whether Democratic President Joe Biden should stay in the race, told reporters at a campaign event in Stoughton on the day he withdrew from the race that his decision was was "the patriotic thing for him to do" and said she would back Harris.

"I saw her, day after day, hold powerful organizations to account, powerful individuals to account, in her role on the Senate Judiciary Committee," Baldwin said at the Stoughton event, where she was joined by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts. "And I've seen her as vice president. She's prepared, and I'm very proud to endorse her."

Biden "promised to be a bridge to the next generation," and "we're crossing that bridge right now," Baldwin said.

"And I think you're going to see a lot of unity, a lot of excitement, a lot of people inspired by this moment," Baldwin said. "And certainly, as I mentioned, I've been hearing so many concerns from Wisconsinites, especially Democrats. We're going to come together. I'm very excited about that."

Harris last week delivered her opening argument against a second Donald Trump presidential term in West Allis, just outside Milwaukee, in this battleground state where elections are decided on razor-thin margins. The Harris rally came just days after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where Trump formally accepted the party's nomination and brought Ohio Sen. JD Vance onto the ticket as his running mate, all after being shot in the ear days earlier during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

"With President Trump's record of success and a stacked line-up of commonsense Wisconsin Republicans like Eric Hovde on the ballot this November, Kamala and her dangerously liberal policies don't stand a chance," Republcian National Committee Wisconsin spokesman Jacob Fischer said in a statement about the party's Badger State ground game, ahead of the release of Baldwin's fundraising numbers.

According to the most recent Marquette University Law School poll, released June 26 before Biden withdrew from the race, the presidential race was a virtual tossup, while in the Senate race, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin led Hovde by 5 points.

Jessie Opoien can be reached at jessie.opoien@jrn.com.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tammy Baldwin reelection campaign raised $2.5 million from July 1-24